Andy Weir, author of the wildly popular sci-fi novel "The Martian," is living the publishing dream.
It didn't start out that way though. "The Martian" began as a series of self-published chapters on Weir's personal blog.
Then Weir decided to put the book on Amazon, selling it for the website's lowest possible price ($0.99).
And that's when things snowballed.
'I'm very reassuringly honest'
‘My settings of Europe and English visitors weren't really doing it for them, so we decided Scotland would be good. I thought an island would be great, because it's a small community, and it's an opportunity for my main character to get away from it all. The team at HarperCollins have been so supportive and enthusiastic... Read more